What does airplane mode do on a smartphone?
To understand why a mobile can load faster with airplane mode, it is necessary to know what this mode does. Attend to the name of «Airplane mode» because it’s the way you’re supposed to connect when you’re got on a plane.
This disables all wireless connections on the device: Bluetooth, WiFi, mobile coverage network, mobile data and NFC. All wireless communications are deactivated. That is, your mobile is completely isolated.
Does it charge the mobile before if you activate the airplane mode?
Theory tells us yes: with communications disabled, they do not consume energyso the battery spends less mAh while it is charging and therefore takes less time to “refill”. The point is that many people indicate that charging the mobile in this way greatly increases the charging speed.
We have put this to the test on a Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite 5G. We have depleted the battery to 1% and connected it to the charger for 30 minutes with WiFi, NFC and Bluetooth activated.
We have left it with 1% again and we have connected it to the same charger for 30 minutes. This time we have Airplane mode on, thereby disabling all communications. And the truth is that the result is a bit disappointing.
The percentage difference between one load and another has been 3%, the fastest being Airplane Mode. The difference tends to load faster when the connections are disabled, not too much though.
The difference is not too noticeable and the spare battery it will just give you a little more autonomy. Also, you will not be receiving messages, you will miss the calls and everything that comes with activating airplane mode.
Is it worth activating the airplane mode to charge the mobile?
In our opinion no. If you have a low battery and want to get a 50% charge, the difference between one charge and another will be just 2-3 minutes. In exchange, you will be incommunicado all that time and you will miss calls, WhatsApp messages, etc.
We do not believe that it is differential for the vast majority of users, so you should not bother to be turning airplane mode on and off when you are in a hurry to charge your mobile. It is much more recommended than don’t use it while chargingWell, this fact does save a good amount of time. What do you think? Do you use this technique?